December 20, 2014 — The Directorate-General for Health and Consumers under the European Committee (EC) has issued a warning to 19 Vietnamese seafood exporters over the excessive antibiotics residue detected in their frozen seafood.
The announcement was made by Viet Nam's National Agro-Forestry-Fishery Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) on December 17. In response to this concern, the NAFIQAD requested the 19 exporters to quickly investigate the case by obtaining seafood samples and testing these for antibiotics residue. The exporters were also asked to identify possible solutions to the issue. Reports on the case must be submitted to NAFIQAD by December 23.
The NAFIQAD also asked for the agro-aqua-forestry quality assurance departments in the central and southern regions to conduct unscheduled inspections of the businesses of the 19 exporters. The reports for these investigations are due to the NAFIQAD by December 31.